It’s the big one folks — time to vote for your overall game of the year!
Personally, for me, this is a tough choice. In hindsight, this may be one of the best years in gaming since 2007. Not only did we have a stacked holiday period, but we had a fair few classics come out in earlier parts of the year. Choose wisely! Also don’t forget to vote in our other awards posted earlier this week.
Drop your votes in the poll below, and we’ll announced the winners next week. The poll closes midnight December 1.
I voted for Portal 2 as console game of the year because it was the most fun I had on the PS3.
I voted for Portal 2 as PC game of the year because it was the most fun I had on the PC.
I think my vote for Gamy of the Year is a forgone conclusion at this point. Going to have to go with Alice: Madness Returns.
Wait, that’s not an option.
Fine. Portal 2 it is.
That’s right, Gamy of the Year.
It’s a new thing, not sure if it will catch on :p
And the gamy goes to!
In that case I nominate Deer Hunter 4 for the best gamey of the year.
I went with Uncharted, with L.A. Noire and Deus Ex close behind. I suspect Batman might be a serious contender… If only I cold play…
Look at the stars, D.C.,
See how they shine for you.
http://youtu.be/yKNxeF4KMsY
Took an embarrassingly long time before I understood this comment… 😀
Me too!
No saints row 3? Really. Come on!
It wasn’t nominated, but I’ve added it because, yeah, it should be there.
<3 Thanks Mark!
oi, you said the list was audience voted! “cries”
Portal 2, because if I thought any harder I’d probably vote Skyrim.
Portal 2
Portal 2 has to be the game of the year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt6iTwVIiMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Cave Johnson will burn your house down if you don’t vote for Portal 2.
Why is every option not Dark Souls? Something fishy is going on here.
That would be too easy for dark souls!
🙂 Yes – the real option to choose Dark Souls is on some other page. Clicking the one here just kills you.
You missed Driver SF and Minecraft from that list!
Was a toss up between Portal 2 and Uncharted 3. They were my choices for PC and console games of the year. Portal 2 was bloody fantastic, but I feel Uncharted 3 was the slightly better game.
I must be in the vast minority then with Portal 2, it was fun to play with Portals again and there were some amusing moments, but the game simply didn’t have the ‘head asplode” feeling of the first.
The new elements were nice and everything, but I felt as though the puzzles weren’t as special with all the elements, there were alot more unportable walls in the game and I felt as though each puzzle had to be an “exact” way or the way the game wanted you to do it, whilst the original was more “loose” in that respect.
I’m with you. I liked Portal 2, but it felt like a bit of a grind at the end.
But it was funny. Damn funny.
I’ve played a lot of great games this year. Arkham City is the first one I could call genuinely fun in addition to being great. It gets my vote hands-down.
I agree. Arkham City is just so fun! Stealth/Puzzle/Beat ’em up open-world action in one beautiful package.
If Ocarina of Time is on there, Halo: Combat Evolved should be too. Personally I don’t think any graphical remakes should qualify, but either way, I’m voting for Portal 2 anyway.
No child of Eden, and you put back to the future – the game? Worst.list.ever.
People nominated these games. I put in every game nominated. No Halo CE Anniversary and no Child of Eden noms means they don’t appear on the list.
ahhh, i didnt realise. Some odd choices, but variety is the spice of life.
Skyrim for me. I’ve already spent over 70 hours on it and the most fun I’ve had with a game this year.
This poll makes me realise how out of date my gaming is these days
Look, if you’re REALLY stuck, check out gamefaqs for what to do after you’ve given George Washington the clacking teeth and gotten the fire lit. *hint* something to do with the roof.
Soo many good games this year.
Have to go Skyrim though.
Homefront?
Seriously?
I mean, I wanna vote for it because, you know, hipster and all that, but… seriously?
Even having had a bit of time with Skyrim now, I have to give my vote to Xenoblade Chronicles
Too many good ones to choose from. This is not going to be easy by any means.
Couldn’t have broken them into console and PC to make my choice easier? 😛
I wanna see the complete stats when it comes to results time~
Purely on Value for Money? Dark Souls.
But what about when you factor in the broken controllers and blood-pressure medication?
This needs preferential voting, not first-past-the-post.. I can’t vote for Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and Dark Souls under this system. It’s not fair!
And seriously… Homefront? NFS: The Run? But no Ico/SotC Collection? I know it’s technically a re-relase, but they’re still better than the vast majority of games released these days.
Even if you’re just comparing shooter-to-shooter, I have a hard time understanding Homefront making the list ahead of Killzone 3.
People had the chance to nominate James Mac nominated Homefront as was his right to. I even checked he wasn’t taking the mickey before I added it.
No-one nominated ICO/SOTC Collection, as simple as that. Shame though, because it’s one of my favourite HD remakes. In fact it’s the only one I’ve put any proper time into.
I just assumed Ico / SotC wouldn’t be eligible due to being a re-release. Should probably have asked at the time 🙁 Oh well. Next year – The Last Guardian shall reign supreme!
Well I guess at least we know who to blame for Homefront being on there 😛 Can you name and shame whoever it was who put up NFS: The Run, too? 😛
And I forgot all about KZ3 and LBP2… that’s what happens when you release major games in January / February.. by the end of the year I’ve got myself convinced that they came out LAST year. As a suggestion for next year, maybe the nomination articles could include a list of a few of the major eligible games released each month that year? That way lazy people like me can get a reminder of what came out early in the year without having to look it up on on that new-fangled “interwebnet” that all the kids keep talking about.
Hey…
Hey Guys…
Guess what i voted for?? 😛
Battletoads?
Hello Kitty Island Adventures isn’t even on the list though 😛
IT ISN’T?!?!
DAMN YOU LSD TRIPS!!!!
You know what?
I haven’t even played it but I’ll vote Catherine, just because of the BALLS that game had to even exist.
Plus, y’know, I hear it’s really really good 🙂
It was good, I really enjoyed it. I wouldn’t have it as GOTY material myself… just because there are better games around rather than due to any specific failings on its part.
Voted Skyward Sword. I know it only JUST came out, but it’s been a long time since a game has just been pure fun and discovery for me.
SKYRIM
I thought long and hard about this post.
Deus Ex for me. I love that game.
There were a bunch of great, great games but the fact that I’ve sunk 25 hours info my GotY already in spite of the million other games out (plus my life) and an yet to scratch the surface means my vote has to be Skyrim.
I’m going with Arkham City for overall, but its fantastic that there’s really no clear winner, at least going by the diversity in these comments.
Its a tough choice between Skyrim, Portal 2, Deus Ex and L.A Niore, but I decided to go for the game I liked and anticipated the most, Skyrim.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution!
But I am a huge fan of the first game, and thought HR was a fine return to form after the abomination that was Invisible War.
Second would probably be Battlefield 3 (mp only, don’t care for sp), and then Skyrim.
Amazing
I’ve only played Portal 2 this year, sucks not having a PC that can run the games & the lack of funding to purchase said games 🙁
Saints Row: The Third, FTW, mofos!!!
No Minecraft? Or does that count as a 2010 game? (although it was ‘released’ last week)
Dark souls, if only for the first time i took down the capra demon!
Why is Modern Warfare 2.5 on this list?
As for what I voted for, I picked Saints Row The Third. Sooo fun. Portal 2 is a close second though.
The same reason Saints Row 2.5 and Portal: Disc Edition are.
was hard to pick one…
Portal 2, Terraria, Battlefield 3 are all awesome…
…Went with Terraria, because its the cheapest and I have the most time played. $0.075 per hour is a pretty awesome price 😛
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine!
Prepare to die!
Portal 2. Great story, great characters, really humorous and light-hearted and didn’t have any bugs or issues like 99% of other games today have.
i voted dark souls… wayyyyyyy less glitchy than what i’ve seen of skyrim (aka no flying horses in dark souls). theres not really any dialogue so the story isn’t quite as obvious but its still an amazing game. i dropped about 75 hrs beating it for the first time. planning on starting NG+ soon. some of the bosses actually got my heart pounding, which is more than i can say about any other current game… anyway excellent controls, dev isn’t afraid of releasing a hardcore game, only one known glitch (dragon covenant head stone), some of the best graphics i’ve ever seen, and an interesting story that doesn’t bore you with needless dialogue… definitely has my vote.
No Pokemon Black/White?
Such an awesome game. The level ups and perks are great!!
uhh. Fruit ninja Kinect? I wonder how many votes that’s going to get.
Trails in the Sky for me. It will be interesting to see if anybody else votes for this game. 😛 To be honest though, it’s certainly one of the best traditional style jRPGs of the last decade if not the best.
Who the hell would choose Homefront? lol
I picked Battlefield 3 🙂
Heh… only four games in that list I’m familiar with. Skyward Sword, OoT, Gunstringer and Xenoblade 😛
Not sure whether to go with Xeno or SS though. The former was pretty awesome, and I haven’t played the latter yet… but I hear good things <_<
Witcher 2, but it seems I am one of the minority.
Witcher 2 is the tits. But Skyrim for me
its gonna seem like I dont have an original opinion, but skyrim for me. amazing game, most fun I have had in quite a while
Saints row the third best game of the yeah for me it was awesome 😀
Where is Minecraft?
I’m torn. Skyrim was my choice hands down, but ever since I got Skyward Sword it’s all I’ve played when I have ‘playing my Wii’ as a choice at all.
So hard… Both? Maybe?
Saints Row: The Third,is the where its at!
Saints row! & battlefield
My vote goes to Skyrim. I’ve never devoted so much time to a video game.
It’s fun